Incredible Outdoor Photographers

Eight Outdoor Photographers Who Are Going To Give You Serious Wanderlust

Looking at outdoor photography is a dangerous business; you might find yourself grabbing the nearest plane to the remotest destination to try to experience some of the stillness that a good photographer can capture. A recent book, The Great Wide Open: New Outdoor And Landscape Photography, published by Gestalten, showcases what happens when you take some incredibly talented photographers and put them in incredibly beautiful places. There are lovely little essays that accompany the pictures, but in all honesty, just like the copy that I'm writing right now, you're more likely to skip through straight to the photos.

James Bowden

Credit: James Bowden, Iceland from The Great Wide Open, Copyright Gestalten 2015

James Bowden's shots showcase a spirit of adventure. Expect to see him documenting his adventures in desolate places, as well as warmer surf locales. The adventure — and the fact that the man behind the lens is living it, and not just capturing it — comes through in his photos beautifully, even if the shots can exhibit a sense of bleakness.

Jonas Jacobsson

The Gothenburg/Sweden-based photographer has been published by international publications such as The Guardian as well as local Sweden-based publications. He has a knack for capturing clean, wide open spaces and dramatic spaces, as well as the occasional smiling face sprinkled in.

Julian Bialowas

Credit: Julian Bialowas, Yosemite National Park, United States, from The Great Wide Open, Copyright Gestalten 2015

Julian Bialowas is from Montreal and currently based in San Francisco. If you love mountains and hiking, you'll love his work. His photography displays prominent contrasts and rich colours. He also uses objects in the foreground, often people, to frame his stunning landscape (or even urban shots.)

Chris Burkard

A California-based photographer, Chris Burkard ends up spending a lot of his time shooting the ocean and water in general. He enjoys capturing what he calls the "personality" of the water, and fittingly, shoots a lot of surfing, kayaking and other adventure shots.

Anki Grothe

Trained at the Bilder Nordic School of Photography in Norway, Grothe can capture a dog in the snow or in the wild like few others. Grothe loves to use the blank canvas of snow to take striking photos, which she'll sometimes take in black-and-white as well. Nice doggy!

Kilian Schönberger

Kilian Schönberger's photos have at times deliberately, at times not, evoked the dark European forests and brooding landscapes that feature in fairy tales like those of the Brothers Grimm. Schönberger's ability is to capture the stillness and foreboding of any landscape, giving it a silent reverence.